tainted

taint  (tnt)

v. taint·ed, taint·ing, taints

v.tr.

1. To affect with or as if with a disease.

2. To affect with decay or putrefaction; spoil. See Synonyms at contaminate.

3. To corrupt morally.

4. To affect with a tinge of something reprehensible.

v.intr.

To become affected with decay or putrefaction; spoil.

n.

1. A moral defect considered as a stain or spot. See Synonyms at stain.

2. An infecting touch, influence, or tinge.

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[Partly from obsolete taynt, to color, dye (from Anglo-Norman teint, from past participle of teindre, from Latin tingere), and partly from Middle English tainten, to convict (short for atteinten, from Old French ataint, past participle of ataindre, to attain, touch upon; see attain).]

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taintless adj.

taintless·ly adv.

taintless·ness n.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

tainted - touched by rot or decay; "tainted bacon"; "`corrupt' is archaic" corrupt stale - lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age; "stale bread"; "the beer was stale"

Translations

tainted [ˈteɪntɪd] ADJ

1. (= contaminated) [food, air, blood, medicine] → contaminado
her breath was tainted with alcohol → su aliento estaba corrompido por el alcohol

2. (= tarnished) [reputation] → mancillado
the issue is tainted with racism → el tema está contaminado de racismo

tainted [ˈteɪntɪd] adj

(= contaminated) [food] → avarié(e); [water, air] → pollué(e); [blood] → contaminé(e)

(= tarnished) [reputation] → entaché(e); [money] → sale
tainted with → entaché(e) de
The report was tainted with racism → Le rapport était entaché de racisme.

tainted

adj

(fig) money → unsauber; evidence → unsauber, manipuliert; reputation → beschmutzt; not tainted by prejudice → von Vorurteilen unbelastet; to be tainted with something → mit etw belastet or behaftet sein; to become tainted with racism → den Ruch des Rassismus erhalten

(= contaminated) food → verdorben; blood → infiziert; air → verpestet, verunreinigt; to become tainted (food) → schlecht werden, verderben

tainted [ˈteɪntɪd] adj (food) → avariato/a, guasto/a, andato/a a male; (water, air) → contaminato/a (fig) (system) → inquinato/a; (reputation) → infangato/a